滷
lǔ

thick gravy

Salt 鹵 water 氵; 鹵 also provides the pronunciation

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
鹵
鹵 SoundMeaning component
salt

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːʔ
r̥ʰjaɡ
l'eːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

𰛮 lǔ thick gravy Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

卤 lǔ salt Simplified

Simplified form of 鹵. Depicts a container used for for salt extraction.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
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Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
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Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
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Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
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Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
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Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
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Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Jin 266-420 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

鹾

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsɯːl

說文解字

《說文》：“西，鳥在巢上，象形。日在西方而鳥棲，故因以為東西之西。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)